Corporate body

Yorkton St. Andrew's Pastoral Charge

• Yorkton St. Andrew's, Orkney [1925]
• Yorkton Pastoral Charge [ca.1930-1950?]

1925–

Yorkton St. Andrew's Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, consisting of preaching points at St. Andrew's United Church, in Yorkton, and at Orkney (previously St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and Orkney Church). Prior to that, the area had also included a Methodist Church -- likely the one that formed the new United Church Yorkton Fourth Avenue Pastoral Charge, in 1925 until sometime before 1932. Around 1959, the additional Yorkton Rural Pastoral Charge was formed, under W.M.S. supply Evelyn Mathews (points soon included Calder, Halmok, Hampton, Otthon, Orcadia, Willowbrook) and ca.1961, Yorkton - South West Pastoral Charge was also formed, under W.E. Shank.

St. Andrew's United Church (29 Smith Street East, Yorkton, SK);
Orkney United Church (Yorkton, SK)

Local church congregations in the United Church are organized into pastoral charges, each run by a governing body, such as a Council or Board. Charges can often include more than one local church or preaching place congregation under the leadership of a minister.

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Revised

2018: drafted for SAIN.
2021-2022: revised in MemorySask.

• English

"Orkney Church, Yorkton: A 50-Year Friendship" (from the Western Producer), in Early History of Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots), vol. 2, compiled by M.B. Banting, ca.1975, pp.173-174; Mrs. Fred Harrision, "Orkney Church", in Early History, vol. 2, p.175; UCC Sask. Conference Records of Proceedings; UCC Year Books.